Nuclear Medicine Methodology II Syllabus for 2014-2015
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Course

NMTT-2309-001 Nuclear Medicine Methodology II

Prerequisites

Prerequisite: NMTT 1313

Course Description

Principles and practices involved in nuclear medicine regarding cardiovascular, genitourinary, respiratory systems and miscellaneous procedures. Emphasizes patient care, anatomy, physiology, radiopharmaceuticals, instrumentation, data processing and analysis and diagnostic value.

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Hours

(3 sem hrs; 3 lec)

Class Type

On Campus Course

Syllabus Information

Textbooks

\ "Nuclear Medicine and PET/CT: Technology and Techniques", 6th Edition,by Christian and Waterstram-Rich.

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\ Review of Nuclear Medicine Technology, Steves.

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\ Practical Mathematics in Nuclear Medicine Technology, Wells.

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Ability to create documents in Google docs, Microsoft word, PDF

Student Performance

Course Description:  Focus on the basic principles involved in all diagnostic and therapeutic tests and procedures normally found in a nuclear medicine facility with emphasis on anatomy, physiology, pathology, radiopharmaceuticals, instrumentation, data analysis, and diagnostic value. Includes the cardiovascular, respiratory, and genitourinary systems; inflammatory processes; tumors; and radionuclide therapy.

Workforce Education Course Manual (WECM) End-of-Course Outcomes:  Identify the most common reasons for ordering each study (pathology for which nuclear medicine procedures are of diagnostic value); list clinical findings that are consistent with the suspected pathology; describe the historical and current radiopharmaceuticals used for each study; cite any procedures and/or substances that may interfere with the performance of a valid test; explain any contraindications or adverse reactions associated with the study; and outline any associated patient preparation; specify equipment required for valid performance of the study; summarize the entire test procedure; discuss technical pitfalls associated with the study and methods of preventing and/or correcting technical problems associated with the study; relate possible alterations in the routine procedure; and identify normal and abnormal patterns of radiopharmaceutical distribution on typical studies.

Objectives: According to the Master Educational Plan for the NMTT program, students will:               

Review A&P of skeleton/joints.

Evaluate imaging techniques for bone SPECT/spot views/3 & 4 phase.

Discuss reasons for bone imaging.

Discuss palliative care of bone pain.

Discuss radiopharmaceuticals used for bone imaging and bone pain therapy.

Recognize bone pathology.

Review A&P of genitourinary system.

Discuss measurement of ERPF and GFR.

Evaluate the use of radiopharmaceuticals and their characteristics for ideal imaging.

Compare/contrast renal radiopharmaceuticals (functional and morphological).

Evaluate the compensatory mechanisms of renovascular hypertension and hormones produced.

Evaluate the negative feedback system for maintaining normal GFR/ERPF during RAS.

Evaluate major indications for radionuclide renal scintigraphy.

Evaluate renal scintigraphy augmented with ACE inhibitor.

Recognize renal pathology.

Evaluate vesicoureteral reflux.

Recognize testicular imaging techniques.

Review A&P of respiratory system.

Evaluate pathophysiology of the respiratory system.

Evaluate ventilation and perfusion imaging techniques.

Discuss quantitation of lung segments.

Recognize the use of gas delivery and re-breathiing units for lung ventilation studies.

Compare/contrast the radiopharmaceuticals used for ventilation and perfusion lung imaging.

Review A&P of cardiovascular system.

Evaluate common conduction abnormalities of the heart.

Evaluate heart rhythm EKG strips.

Perform proper chest lead placement for stress testing.

Compare/contrast radiopharmaceuticals used for clinical cardiac imaging.   

Evaluate the use of planar and SPECT for cardiac data acquisition.

Discuss cinematic display, attenuation correction methods.

Evaluate indications/contraindications for stress testing.

Recognize drugs that affect exercise test response and interpretation.

Prepare patient properly for stress test.

Recognize Bruce and modified Bruce treadmill protocols.

Recognize reasons to stop exercise.

Recognize/compare/contrast interventional pharmacologic agents and use properly.

Determine proper patient dosages for pharmacologic stress agents.

Recognize myocardial uptake patterns of myocardial perfusion agents.

Recognize means/methods to gate patients during myocardial perfusion studies.

Recognize/differentiate 3D reconstructions of heart muscle.

Evaluate PET imaging of heart.

Evaluate myocardial viability and metabolism.

Evaluate ventricular function during MUGA/first-pass studies.

Prepare RBCs for MUGA.

Recognize cardiotoxic chemotherapeutic drugs.

Recognize radiotracers used for first-pass evaluation.

Evaluate myocardial necrosis reading scale.

Analyze F-18-FDGmetabolism principles.

Discuss patient preparation of FDG imaging.

Recognize normal/abnormal distribution patterns for FDG.

Recognize normal variations of FDG localization.

Discuss/recognize PET oncology applications.

Recognize pathology in PET oncology images.

Evaluate technical considerations when imaging the pediatric patient.

Perform proper clinical applications on the pediatric patient.

Recognize potential pitfalls in pediatric PET imaging.

Evaluate proper injection techniques of the pediatric patient.

Communicate effectively with the pediatric patient and family.

Evaluate tourniquet effect during injection of radionuclide.

Recognize pathology on bone images of the pediatric patient.

Recognize child abuse bone imaging patterns.

Evaluate cystography and cardiac techniques.

Evaluate hepatobiliary Meckel’s, GER, scrotum imaging techniques in the pediatric patient.

Evaluate lab values for all body systems.

Calculate LVEF with/without normalization.

Calculate cardiac cycles for MUGA.

Calculate expected bladder capacity for voiding cystogram.

Calculate lung quantitation.

Calculate quantitation of total bladder volume, residual bladder volume, and reflux.

Perform data acquisition process for each body system indicated.

Write a professional paper & present contents in class.

Pass all exams and other graded assignments with final grade of C or better.

 

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Grading Criteria

REQUIRED ASSIGNMENTS

The course will consist of the following activities to be scored for course credit:

1. Major Exams (90%) Comprehensive Final Exam (counts as major exam)
2. Assignments/Quizzes/DB (10%)
3. A passing grade for each exam is expected.  If a student does not pass an exam, the student is assigned an "at risk score", prompting them to engage in mandatory remediation (review) for the exam that was failed.  If a second exam is not passed, the student will be assigned an automatic course grade of "F", and must enroll in the course at a later date, causing the student to not graduate on time.
4. The course content is comprehensive in nature so that students are expected to carry information from one semester to the next.
5. NOTE:  Chapter objectives/key terms/study guide will be used to prepare for exams utilizing textbooks and PowerPoint/discussion.  These items will be turned in by each student prior to each exam.  Failure to turn in the items will result in a drop in a letter grade  (10 points) for each exam that the items are linked to.

FINAL GRADE EVALUATION (NO ROUNDING of grade)

A= 94.5-100            C=74.5-84.4

B=84.5-94.4            F=less than 74.5

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Additional Information

The course content is aligned with the Master Educational Plan of the Nuclear Medicine Technology Program at Amarillo College.
In addition, the lecture content aligns with the task analysis of the Nuclear Medicine Technology Certification Board and The American Registry of Radiologic Technologists.

The Nuclear Medicine Technology program at Amarillo College is fully accredited by the Joint Review Committee on Education in Nuclear Medicine Technology.
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